Wash and remove the tips from 1 pound fresh green asparagus. Simmer the tips, covered, ... cooking). Heat the soup well until simmering in a ... hard cooked egg (optional).
Simmer the onions in the ... boil. Add the asparagus spears which have been chopped ... soft. Force the soup, broth and all, through ... stir in the cream or buttermilk and refrigerate covered. ... very cold. Serves 8-10.
Melt butter in a large ... tips from the asparagus and reserve. Cut 1 inch ... tender. Force the soup through a food mill or ... and the heavy cream. Simmer 5-10 minutes. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
Saute the onion in butter ... tender. Meanwhile, wash asparagus; trim and discard ends. ... 1/4 of the soup into the container of an ... cover bowl and chill.
Ingredients: 8 (asparagus .. broth .. half .. salt ...)